User blog comment:Bluestripe the Wild/Beginnings/@comment-25220117-20130618190806/@comment-1298206-20130620211444

The anger in Verdauga's voice becomes more evident as he replies to his captain "When I set out to find a place I could rule as my own, I did not wish to do it as my father would have done. I was tired of seeing all the unnecessary bloodshed caused by his greed. I wanted to come to this land and establish my rule peacefully without creating tension between ourselves and the native woodlanders."

The wildcat sighs and lowers his head only to jerk his head up and bare his teeth at Rafken "The whole reason we're on the brink of going to war is because of the undisciplined soldiers you command!"

''Verdauga shuts his eyes and turns his face upward, leaning back in his throne while clenching the arms of the throne, his claws scraping the surface of the hard wood. When he speaks again, Verdauga's voice is much calmer, but carries a stern note'' "Rafken, if I don't see improvement in how the troops deal with the woodlanders...I'll have to take matters into my own paws."